Combined end-gate and scoop-board.



No. 579,165. Patenteduly 23, :QoL a. BmTTE-LL.

COMBINED END'GATE AMD S000? BOARD.

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GEORGE BRITTELL, OF ALBION, NEBRASKA.

COMBINED END-GATE AND SCOOPeBOARD.

SPEGIFGATION forming part of Letters latent No. 679,165, dated July 23,1901. Application filed December 10, 1900. Serial No. 39,339. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE BRITTELL, residing at Albion, in the countyof Boone and State of Nebraska, have invented certain usefulImprovements in Combination End-Gates and Scoop-Boards; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and novel improvement in combinationend-gates and scoop-boards.

The aim of my invention is to provide a grain-tight end-gate, incombination with a scoop-board so arranged that the end-gate may beoperated to discharge the grain, an auxiliary gate being provided forthat purpose, this auxiliary gate being arranged to be locked so as toform a tight scoop-board when the rear end attachment is to be used forthat purpose, and myinvention embodies certain other features that willbe described more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown in Figure 1 a rear View of anlend-gate embodying my invention, while Fig. 2 shows a side view, withportions broken away, disclosing the auxiliary gate in dotted lines inan open position.

To the sides I-I of an ordinary wagon-box, provided with the usual topbox J, is secured my scoop-board and lend-gate. To the upper portion Jof the wagon-box or the top box are secure two ordinary eyelets 18 18,one only being shown in the drawings, to which is detachably secured anordinary chain 17 of a suitable length. To the rear sill E, secured tothe rear end and the bottom of the wagonbox, are two eyelets 15 15. Thisrear sill forms a support for my scoop-board and graindoor, which iscomposed, iirst, of the two side pieces A A of the usual construction."These side pieces A A are next provided with the sectional back pieces GG, and these sides and backs are then united and connected above bymeans of the transverse bar C and below by means of a strap-iron strip13, the ends of which are recurved and united to the side pieces A A.Secured between the sectional back pieces G G is the grain-door B, whichloosely swings between these back pieces, it being provided with an ironrod 1, secured by means of the holders 2 2, secured .to the grain-doorB. This iron rod 1, it will noticed, has one end curved downward to formthe hook 3, while the remaining end 3 extends out straight, but isprovided with the ear or guard 20, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1. Thisbar in order to support the grain-door B is secured to the back sectionsG by means of the staples 4 4, so that this rod may freely revolvebetween the staples 4. It will be noticed that the guard 20 and the end3 hang downward. Secured to the sides J J are the holders 5, eachprovided with an opening, these being adapted to receive the ends 3 and3 of the rod 1, so as to securely lock the scoopboard to the wagon.Below, each side piece -or panel. A is provided with an ear 1l, intowhich ear locks a hook 10, there being two such ears 11 and two suchcounterpart hooks 10, these hooks forming the terminations of thelocking-bar 7, which is provided with a depending handhold or leverportion 3, locked by means of a keeper 9. When the graindoor is to belocked,these hooks 10 are swung into the ears 11, and the locking-bar 7is then locked by means of the keeper 9, so that the grain-door below issecurely held to the scoopboard by means of this bar 7, which for thesake of security is secured to a sill D, as is shown in Fig. l. Fromthis it will be seen that the grain-door is kept from bulging outward bymeans of the upper bar O and the hooks 10 lO. By means of two eyelets16, secured to the chain 17, the scoop-board may be lowered. This wouldbe accomplished in lifting the locking-rod l upward so :as to escape thepin 6, which is placed adjacent to the end 3, so that when the end 3,normally held in a pendent position, is carried over the pin the ends ofthe locking-bar 1 may be carried out of the holders 5 5 to permit theopening or removal of the scoop-board.

When the box is loaded with grain or similar materials and it is desiredto dump the same, it is simply necessary to remove the keeper 9 andrelease the hooks 10, when the grain-door B will iiy outward, beingpivotally supported upon the bar 1 and above working against thetransverse bar C.

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sures a grain-tight fit and further strengthens the scoop-board.

1n Fig. 2 I have shown the auxiliary gate in ils open position, thegrain-door B being identified in its open position by the letter B', thedepending lever being marked S', the

sill D being marked D', the hooks 10 being` marked 10', and the chain 21being marked said back sections, and a rocking locking- 21 in dottedoutline.

For convenience sake a second set f eyelets 19 mayjoe provided, to whichthe chain the combination with two side panels, of a back sectionsecured to 7each side panel, of an upper transverse bar securing saidback sections and side panels, a lower strap-iron section forming asupport and uniting said side panels and back sections below, a shiftinglocking-bar pivotally and slidably secured to said back sections adaptedto engage suitable holders, of ears secured to said side panels, agrain-door secured to said sliding locking-bar adapted to swing betweenbar provided with hook terminations adapted to engage said ears.

GEORGE BRITTELL.

In presence of- J. A. PRICE, M. W. MCGAN.

